St. Cyril Peak rises to 1,505m in Friesland Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is linked to St. Methodius Peak to the southwest by Vladaya Saddle and surmounts Ruen Icefall to the west, Macy Glacier to the east and Prespa Glacier to the south. The peak is "named after St. Cyril (827-869 AD) who, together with St. Methodius, created the Glagolitic alphabet and translated the Holy Books into Bulgarian language".

Location

The peak is located at -62.70556°N, -60.21389°W, which is 4.15 km south-southwest of Mount Friesland, 1.69 km south of Simeon Peak, 4.27 km northwest of Samuel Point, 1.97 km northeast of St. Methodius Peak and 6.79 km southeast of Napier Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey in 1995/96, and mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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